Eloi Baillieu

Eloi Baillieu (1755-1823) was a colonel of the French Revolutionary Army during the French Revolutionary Wars. Born in the Yonne department of France, Baillieu rose in the ranks of the army to command a regiment of Revolutionary Infantry in the Armee d'Italie, and he fought at the Battle of Coni in late April 1796, his first battle. Baillieu would lead the regiment until the end of the campaign, and he died in retirement in 1823.